Hello Ronny, Good-bye Janny

As expected, Ronny Turiaf is going to be a Warrior. Agent Mark Bartelstein told my colleague, Rusty Simmons, this afternoon that the Lakers will not be matching the Warriors’ four-year, $17 million offer sheet. So pencil in Turiaf as Nellie’s new backup center.

And pencil in Rusty as your new scout for Warriors’ info for the rest of the summer. I’m handing things off and heading to China, where I’ll be part of the Chronicle’s Olympics coverage team in Beijing.

Some parting thoughts on what to look out for:

Monta Ellis and Andris Biedrins are all but guaranteed to be back. The Warriors have said and keep saying that they’ll match any offers the players receive. And though there’s interest around the league, no team has enough cap space left to offer them more than what’s already on the table from the Warriors. (Well, Memphis does, but the Grizz are giving every indication that they’ll hold onto their cash).

Sign-and-trades won’t work without the Warriors, who say the 22-year-olds are firmly in their future plans. So look for long-term deals to be reached for both — Monta north of $11 million/yr, Andris somewhere between $7 and $9 mil/yr. At worst, in the unlikely event that negotiations break down, they come back on one-year tenders and become unrestricted free agents next summer.

Salary cap watch: Now that Turiaf’s on board and rookie Anthony Randolph has signed, the Warriors should have a little more than $4 million left in cap space. They’ll need to decide in the next week whether to use most of that keep Kelenna Azubuike, who signed a multi-year deal starting at $3 million a year with the Clips.

Any big moves left? Probably not, though I’m told the Warriors are exploring all avenues. If a significant trade does come along, it probably won’t be until later this summer given the slow nature of bigger-name deals. (Hey, not everything is as easy as the Clips’ getting Marcus Camby for nothing. It pays to be proactive: Once Elton Brand and Corey Maggette left, the Clips apparently went around calling teams over the luxury tax and seeing who was available in a salary dump. And voila … Camby).

Who won’t be moved in a straight salary dump? Al Harrington. No matter how much Nellie knocks him at times, no matter how much Harrington wants out, he is valued too much, especially by Chris Mullin, to be given away without getting a legit player in return.